Hedge funds were down 0.13 per cent at the end of Q1 2018 – their worst quarterly showing since Q1 2016, according to the April 2018 Eurekahedge Report. Industry assets meanwhile expanded by USD31.1 billion over the quarter, largely on
February’s spike in volatility caused nearly half (42.1 per cent) of investors to adjust their equity market outlook, according to the results of a survey published today by BarclayHedge and Markov Processes International (MPI). The BarclayHedge, MPI Volatility Angst Survey
Investors redeemed an estimated USD6.51 billion from the global hedge funds business in August 2019, bringing year-to-date (YTD) flows to a negative USD63.61 billion, according to the August 2019 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Performance also reduced assets as
Investors redeemed an estimated net USD9.45 billion from hedge funds in March. Total Q1 asset flows remain positive at +USD14.33 billion, bringing overall industry AUM to USD3.32 trillion, according to the March 2018 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Among
The market rebound supported the hedge fund industry last week, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team, with CTAs recovering strongly thanks to the rise in oil prices and US Treasury bond yields. Overall, models
Hedge fund managers ended August 2019 down 0.35 per cent on an equal-weighted basis, and 0.54 per cent on an asset-weighted basis, according to data released by Eurekhedge. The risk-off sentiment persisted throughout the month, as the US labelled China
The value of regulated funds serviced in Jersey rose by 7 per cent to a new record high in the first half of 2019, according to the latest figures to be collated by the jurisdiction’s financial regulator the Jersey Financial
Hedge fund capital increased in the first quarter of the year, rising to a seventh consecutive record as investors reduced equity market beta in favour of M&A-focused Event-Driven (ED) exposures and fixed income-based Relative Value Arbitrage (RVA) strategies. Total hedge
Equity hedge fund manager Valley Forge Capital Management (VFCM) has surpassed USD500 million in assets under management (AUM). Founded by Dev Kantesaria, VFCM runs a long-biased equity strategy that employs a bottom-up fundamental approach to find high-quality businesses that trade
Hedge fund redemptions slowed from the prior month’s pace in July, though outflows continued for a second straight month as the hedge fund industry experienced USD8.1 billion in net redemptions. July’s redemptions, which represented 0.3 per cent of industry assets,
